“Like Plato… Goldstein has both literary and philosophical gifts
of the highest order: the combination is superb.”

The list of Goldstein’s accomplishments is exhaustingly
extensive; let us mention just five of many. Professor Goldstein
was named a MacArthur Fellow (popularly known as the “genius
award”) in 1996 and elected to The American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in 2005. In 2011, she was designated Free-thought Heroine
by the Freedom from Religion Foundation and Humanist of the Year by
The American Humanist Association, and in September of 2015,
awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a
ceremony at the White House. The reason cited?

"For bringing philosophy into conversation with culture. In
scholarship, Dr Goldstein has elucidated the ideas of Spinoza and
Gödel, while in fiction, she deploys wit and drama to help us
understand the great human conflict between thought and
feeling."

About the Podcast

A weekly 'informal and informative' philosophy podcast inspiring and supporting students, teachers, academics and free-thinkers worldwide. All episodes are available at www.thepanpsycast.com.